Business : Corporate & Business History

With Wal-Mart on the rampage, and the US food retailing industry consolidating rapidly, there are lessons to be learned from Europe. The great Philip Kotler agrees. He wrote of the book: 'I highly recpmmend this book to US readers interested in future trends in the supermarket industry. The industry is much more consolidated in Europe and our industry is relentlessly moving in the same direction. The stories will provide much inspiration for meeting and mounting the challenges ahead.' The Grocers gives a history of food retailing in the UK, and looks at the rest of Europe and the USA for comparison. It tells the often dramatic and always fascinating stories of how the main UK players - Tesco, Sainsbury, Asda and Safeway got to where they are today, and looks into the future to describe what the new competencies are that supermarkets will need to survive in an increasingly competitive world. more...

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In Infectious Greed, two leading financial experts offer a powerful new explanation of why the corporate scandals happened-and propose market-driven reforms that don't just “patch” the system but fix it for generations to come. Discover how the system came to provide massive incentives for malfeasance by CEOs, boards, auditors, analysts, and investment houses-and learn how those “bad” incentives can be replaced by even more powerful incentives for integrity. more...

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The Carlyle Group is one of the largest private equity firms in the world with over $13 billion in funds. Carlyle's investments include everything from defense contractors to telecommunications and aerospace companies. But there is more to this company than meets the eye. Carlyle's executives include heavyweights from the worlds of business and politics, such as former secretary of defense and CIA deputy director Frank Carlucci, former secretary of state James Baker III, former President George Bush, former UK Prime Minister John Major, and former chairman of the SEC Arthur Levitt. more...

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The ''market'' is the collective name for every act of buying and selling we participate in. It governs our economy and our lives, determining our values, our goals, and our accomplishments. We make it—and are made by it. In Is the American Dream Killing You? Paul Stiles shows how the pressures of the market are causing undue stress in all our lives. He explains why there is so little trust in companies, why it seems harder to feel secure, and why we never seem to be able to rest anymore. In this stunningly well-researched and elegantly argued book, Stiles shows that the harried, anxious lives we lead have one common pressure—the market. more...

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Making the Information Society illuminates the complex chain of experiences,consequences, and possibilities that launched the information age in the U.S., and drive it onward today. Dr. James Cortada shows how Americans haveleveraged information technology in every area of their lives -- and offersa provocative look at the next phase of this new American revolution. more...

Price: $23.20